Author: Chet

According to Merriam Webster's definition, retired means to have withdrawn from one's position or occupation: having concluded one's working or professional career.  My sisters are retired. My best childhood friend, Big Bird, is retired. One of my best friends here in Cbus just told me he's retiring this July. Doccuttfirstaskquestionslater is retiring soon. Many clients … Continue reading Full gas…

I've been feeling a few negative emotions lately. A few more than normal. One of our children is struggling mightily. Mom is down. Her body is betraying her - spirit is losing hope. My body and mind are strong; my skin aint holding it together at all. As I reflected on my morning devotional recently, … Continue reading Pray for it…

Systems are defined by their behavior. Behaviors come from beliefs. Beliefs used to come from faith and family. Today, most beliefs come from social media and the culture where we work. The predominant behavior in American corporate culture is pa. The ONE you want is PA. Let me unpack briefly... pa stands for passive/aggressive. Most humans have … Continue reading pa to PA…

A client recently shared a personal struggle with me.  I listened. Felt the depth of his pain and suffering. Eventually he asked what I thought about his situation. Wanted my advice.  I, instead, asked him a question about his worldview, his deepest held beliefs.  He reminded me that he wanted an answer not another question. … Continue reading Faith…

Another blessed week of integrating work and life. Grand babies, good people, golf, and gratitude. “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should have never found out that it has no meaning. “ C.S. Lewis taken from Mere Christianity

The Athlete and I are forever friends. We met back in 2009 via Rod, a former client. The athlete dove in without thinking. He had no idea what he was getting himself into. He felt something and ran with it. Me too.  Fast forward to today. We've been doing this BTL thing and together we've … Continue reading Forever…

Our freedoms, as Viktor Frankl observed so long ago, will not last long while the Statue of Liberty on the east coast is not bookended with the Statue of responsibility on the west. Freedom and responsibility are bookends. Something has to change, right? The change, for most of us, has always been about what is … Continue reading Freedom and responsibility…

Yesterday, I went a little OSU sports crazy. Walked some holes with the men as they won The Kepler going away. Watched the women LAX team give Northwestern all they could handle on senior day. Lost my mind watching Mens LAX take down TTUN for their first BIG title ever. Epic. Came back from an … Continue reading Love…